[Vampyr]

Winstonm, on 2014-August-26, 12:29, said:

My sister-in-law lived in a section of St. Louis where this lane contraction occurred everyday on her way home - she would ride the bumper of the care in front of her to make certain that no one could merge. I sympathized with her pov.

While it's her right to cause herself high levels of stress and risk of an accident, it is very wrong to subject the driver in front to the same.

[mike777]

Pet peeve millions if not hundreds of millions die from virus and yet we worry about merge into lane closure and the stress....

wow you posters must love to drive.


1) you think about this stuff
2) you create all sorts of rules to deal with it

I hate to drive. I basically grew up without a car in my family or for myself.

If something like this happens my rule is:
1) avoid it
2) if I cant void then get through fast very fast
3) don't drive here again
4) 99% of you think you are good drivers
5) you are all horrible....U I am worse since I hate to drive
6) When I interviewed for my job my boss asked my if I love to travel.. I told him yes as long as I don't drive. I travel often ...I fly.


millions die and many more millions are injured while driving.

[Antrax]

For the record, I've had a license for 15 years now, and in both accidents I was involved in my car was not moving at all (once someone backed into me, another time a drunk rammed into me while I was standing at a stoplight)

[mike777]

It said anywhere from 25=50% of the drivers on the road late night, every night, are intoxicated.

People seem to forget the millions that have died and tens of millions that have been injured in auto related incidents.

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For the record one more thing I hate about driving are people are who are not moving when they should be moving. They just sit at light or in the middle of the lane and never move. People seem to forget that a stoplight is also a move your car light at times. In fact that happened twice just today. They forget a stoplight is also a go light. But people do indeed love to sit and not move their car.

[Antrax]

Perhaps I should clarify the light was red and I wasn't even first in line.

[kenberg]

Antrax, on 2014-August-26, 23:55, said:

For the record, I've had a license for 15 years now, and in both accidents I was involved in my car was not moving at all (once someone backed into me, another time a drunk rammed into me while I was standing at a stoplight)

I can relate. Many years back I was driving a VW bug. I was at a red light and in the mirror I saw this car coming up behind me. Nothing to be done. A young woman was driving her boy friend's stick shift, she put on the clutch instead of the brake, and bam.

Another time I was stopped at a traffic circle in D.C.. A lane to my left a guy was coming around, his right rear tire was flat, he was concentrating on that and ran into my car. it got a little amusing, if you can call it that. A cop was there and took down insurance information and I presume saw what should have been a driver's license but I am not sure just what he saw. Later it rurned out that the guy's insurance was canceleed and his license had been suspended for not having insurance. Anyway, I don't much have accidents so I only carry liability and uninsured motorist coverage (you save a lot over sixty years). But I found that uninsured motorist coverage is a bit tricky. The insurance company called the guy and he said that I ran into him.I explained that it was the back of my car that was damaged and anyway maybe they should take my story as the correct one rather than the story of a guy who was driving without a license or insurance and had already lied about that. They siad that they only have to pay if they are 100% certain that i was 0% at fault and since he said that I ran into him that cleared them of having to pay. It went to whatever it's called, not court but one of those things where everyone sits in a room, and they had to pay. But it took a while. Why amusing? Well, I got my money and I got to watch insurance people try to explain with a straight face why they shouldn't have to pay. Not a job that I would like to have.

[Antrax]

Hey, I know a couple of friends who went driving drunk and entered the wrong direction in a roundabout. Figuring out their mistake, they did the only reasonable thing (if you're drunk), and shifted to reverse, so now they were going backwards but in technically the right direction. Naturally they ran into someone and THEIR insurance company refused to believe that damage to their car's rear could be their fault.
So you never know.

[Winstonm]

mike777, on 2014-August-27, 00:52, said:

It said anywhere from 25=50% of the drivers on the road late night, every night, are intoxicated.

People seem to forget the millions that have died and tens of millions that have been injured in auto related incidents.

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For the record one more thing I hate about driving are people are who are not moving when they should be moving. They just sit at light or in the middle of the lane and never move. People seem to forget that a stoplight is also a move your car light at times. In fact that happened twice just today. They forget a stoplight is also a go light. But people do indeed love to sit and not move their car.

The green light should be renamed the "stop texting" light.

[Vampyr]

kenberg, on 2014-August-27, 06:30, said:

I can relate. Many years back I was driving a VW bug. I was at a red light and in the mirror I saw this car coming up behind me. Nothing to be done. A young woman was driving her boy friend's stick shift, she put on the clutch instead of the brake, and bam.

This happened to me once too. The impact of the car behind sent me right across the intersection, luckily the light had just turned red, so there were no cars coming across yet. It was raining, and I think that probably the car behind didn't give themselves enough time to stop.

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Later it rurned out that the guy's insurance was canceleed and his license had been suspended for not having insurance. Anyway, I don't much have accidents so I only carry liability and uninsured motorist coverage (you save a lot over sixty years). But I found that uninsured motorist coverage is a bit tricky.

When my car was totalled by an uninsured and unlicensed driver, it was parked, so there was never a question of it having been my fault. But the uninsured motorist coverage in New Jersey was a joke; after months of calling and writing I never got any money, and eventually gave up.

[mycroft]

Mike: others have given the response to your rhetorical "but what about <other, to me bigger, problem?>" tactic before. No different here - that's either "your priorities must be my priorities" (no, actually, they don't) or strictly a derailing tactic, because there's *always* a bigger problem to solve, until at least the big problem is unsolvable (at least by us).

But specifically in this case - Unclear on the concept, much? A pet peeve, by definition, isn't a big problem - it's admitted, by the peeved, as a "tiny little thing" that is irritating way out of proportion to its actual severity.

[blackshoe]

kenberg, on 2014-August-26, 07:12, said:

If he doesn't realize he is an idiot, honking at him probably wouldn't help.

The word is "obliviot" (thanks to Randy Cassingham, I think).

Alternatively, you could mount twin .50s behind your grill, and light him up.

[barmar]

Anyone else getting sick of the phrase "boots on the ground"?

[kenberg]

barmar, on 2014-October-09, 04:40, said:

Anyone else getting sick of the phrase "boots on the ground"?

Good God Yes. I think that I was tired of it the first time I heard it!

[Trinidad]

barmar, on 2014-October-09, 04:40, said:

Anyone else getting sick of the phrase "boots on the ground"?

Yes. I prefer "wellies in the mud" or "sandals in the sand". At least that will give you an idea of the local circumstances.

Rik

[Trinidad]

I just noticed that we haven't had any peeves in the month of October. Anyone else find that disturbing?

Rik

[GreenMan]

I hate when we run out of peeves.

[gwnn]

I am getting tired of "strawman" in internet discussions. It is not even significantly overused falsely, just overused period. Just say "That is not what I said."

[Winstonm]

Trinidad, on 2014-October-09, 07:01, said:

I just noticed that we haven't had any peeves in the month of October. Anyone else find that disturbing?

Rik

If you look at the last 100,000 Octobers, there have been many such gaps.

[Trinidad]

Another pet peeve: People mixing up September and October.

Really, how hard can it be?

Rik

[Cyberyeti]

gwnn, on 2014-October-09, 09:36, said:

I am getting tired of "strawman" in internet discussions. It is not even significantly overused falsely, just overused period. Just say "That is not what I said."

It also doesn't help that the meaning in the UK at one time was rather different to the one in the US (although I think the US one is taking over here), so I have to be very careful when people use it in posts.